SkydiveStMarys 0 #1 August 16, 2006 Where were you? Do you remember? I was on a beach in Ocean City NJ with my parents. I heard it on the radio and then saw the newspaper headlines. PS. I have recovered from my afternoon delight. BobbiA miracle is not defined by an event. A miracle is defined by gratitude. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lindercles 0 #2 August 16, 2006 So, who's going to break the news that many people here weren't even alive when Elvis died, much less old enough to remember.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BillyVance 34 #3 August 16, 2006 I vaguely remember seeing the headline in the paper in HUGE font size... However, I remember exactly where I was when Reagan got shot."Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
stitch 0 #4 August 16, 2006 Elvis died. NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!"No cookies for you"- GFD "I don't think I like the sound of that" ~ MB65 Don't be a "Racer Hater" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
matt1215 0 #5 August 16, 2006 I was in the womb when he died. Something I wrote when I was in high school: My name is Elvis, I am the king. My voice in your radio forever will ring. Many of my fans will ever wonder, am I really dead and 6 feet under?? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lisamariewillbe 1 #6 August 16, 2006 Getting ready to be born.... Sudsy Fist: i don't think i'd ever say this Sudsy Fist: but you're looking damn sudsydoable in this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
monkycndo 0 #7 August 16, 2006 I was just about to deep fry my peanut butter and banana sandwich when it came on the news.50 donations so far. Give it a try. You know you want to spank it Jump an Infinity Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
masterrig 1 #8 August 16, 2006 QuoteWhere were you? Do you remember? I was on a beach in Ocean City NJ with my parents. I heard it on the radio and then saw the newspaper headlines. PS. I have recovered from my afternoon delight. Bobbi _____________________________________ Hell, I've slept since! Glad to hear of your 'recovery'! edit to add: I DO remember where I was when JFK was killed, though. Chuck Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BillyVance 34 #9 August 17, 2006 QuoteQuote_____________________________________ Hell, I've slept since! Glad to hear of your 'recovery'! edit to add: I DO remember where I was when JFK was killed, though. Chuck You're certifiably old then! "Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Squeak 17 #10 August 17, 2006 Strangely enough I remember it very clearly, and I dont (never did) like him. I was walking from school to the local pinball joint to hang with some mates before school, I think we were going toskip 1st session to play pool. One of my mate came up and said Elvis was dead, we all went so what, but a whole bunch of girls at the school ried all day. I rememeber wondering why they were crying over a fat arse drug addict, since most of them were too young to remember him in his "hey day"You are not now, nor will you ever be, good enough to not die in this sport (Sparky) My Life ROCKS! How's yours doing? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites riddler 0 #11 August 17, 2006 I think I was like six years old. I remember my mum driving me to school in the morning and we heard it on the radio. I wasn't really old enough to be a big fan, but I remember she was pretty shocked about it.Trapped on the surface of a sphere. XKCD Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites goodnplentygirl 0 #12 August 17, 2006 who's Elvis? my body, my choice Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites masterrig 1 #13 August 17, 2006 QuoteQuoteQuote_____________________________________ Hell, I've slept since! Glad to hear of your 'recovery'! edit to add: I DO remember where I was when JFK was killed, though. Chuck You're certifiably old then! _______________________________________ Well... not old-old! I'm young at heart! Chuck Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Royd 0 #14 August 17, 2006 I was actually listening to him tonight while taking a bath. I remembered that he was only 46 yrs. old when he died, felt sad, and thought," what a waste." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites DancesWClouds 0 #15 August 17, 2006 I Killed Elvis! I was at my cabin in Lake Vermilion MN that summer with my girlfriend, Diana. Stories of his generosity had made the media for years. . . "Oh Elvis, my husband left me and I have 13 chillen'" and he'd send them a Cadillac, or "Oh Elvis, my pappy broke his foot" and he'd send them a Cadillac. So Diana and I wrote out this huge tale of woe, and decided to send it to him. . . . . . by the time the sun rose the next morning, he was a deader. It was me, and I humbly apologize for killing him. Dances Muff Brother #2169 "You can take the girl out of the sky, but not the sky out of the girl!" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites SkydiveStMarys 0 #16 August 16, 2007 *BUMP*Bobbi A miracle is not defined by an event. A miracle is defined by gratitude. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites BillyVance 34 #17 August 16, 2007 I barely remember 6 inch high headlines across the front page of the newspaper "ELVIS DEAD!" I wasn't a fan of music growing up, at least not until The Clash entered the punk rock scene. "Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites TShearer 0 #18 August 17, 2007 I was one month and one week old when he died Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites 1969912 0 #19 August 17, 2007 Outrunning the cops and fire dept. on a dirtbike after blowing up an old car out in the desert "Once we got to the point where twenty/something's needed a place on the corner that changed the oil in their cars we were doomed . . ." -NickDG Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites lisamariewillbe 1 #20 August 17, 2007 Still was getting ready to be born Gosh that was 30 years ago Sudsy Fist: i don't think i'd ever say this Sudsy Fist: but you're looking damn sudsydoable in this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Beerlight 0 #21 August 17, 2007 I was 13. I had just climbed out of a cropduster I had preflighted for the pilot, heard about it on the radio. Called my mom, and she was crying about Elvis...... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites steveorino 7 #22 August 17, 2007 Yes, I remember. I was at Camp McCall going through Phase 1 of Special Forces training. (Back then it had 3 phases: survival, MOS, & team aka Robin Sage) I remember feeling he was lucky to be out of his misery while I was being sleep deprived, starved and marched to death by some 6' 3" Sgt with strides about 48" inches long! steveOrino Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Thanatos340 1 #23 August 17, 2007 When I look out into your eyes out there, When I look out into your faces, You know what I see? I see a little bit of Elvis In each and every one of you out there. Lemme tell ya... Weeeeeeeeeellllllll... Elvis is everywhere Elvis is everything Elvis is everybody Elvis is still the king Man o man What I want you to see Is that the big E's Inside of you and me Elvis is everywhere, man! He's in everything. He's in everybody... Elvis is in your jeans. He's in your cheesburgers Elvis is in Nutty Buddies! Elvis is in your mom! He's in everybody. He's in the young, the old, the fat, the skinny, the white, the black the brown and the blue people got Elvis in 'em too Elvis is in everybody out there. Everybody's got Elvis in them! Everybody except one person that is... Yeah, one person! The evil opposite of Elvis. The Anti-Elvis Anti-Elvis got no Elvis in 'em, lemme tell ya. Michael J. Fox has no Elvis in him. And Elvis is in Joan Rivers but he's trying to get out, man! He's trying to get out! Listen up Joanie Baby! Elvis is everywhere Elvis is everything Elvis is everybody Elvis is still the king Man o man What I want you to see Is that the big E's Inside of you and me Man, there's a lot of unexplained phenomenon out there in the world. Lot of things people say What the heck's going on? Let me tell ya! Who built the pyramids? ELVIS! Who built Stonehenge? ELVIS! Yeah, man you see guys walking down the street pushing shopping carts and you think they're talking to allah, they're talking to themself. Man, no they're talking to ELVIS! ELVIS! ELVIS! You know whats going on in that Bermuda Triangle? Down in the Bermuda Traingle Elvis needs boats. Elvis needs boats. Elvis Elvis Elvis Elvis Elvis Elvis Elvis needs boats. Aahh! The Sailing Elvis! Captain Elvis! Commodore Elvis it is. Yeah man, you know people from outer space, people from outer space they come up to me. They don't look like like Doctor Spock. They don't look like Klingons, all that Star Trek jive. They look like Elvis. ELVIS! Everybody in outer space looks like Elvis. Cause Elvis is a perfect being. We are all moving in perfect peace and harmony towards Elvisness Soon all will become Elvis. Everything everywhere will be Elvis. Why do you think they call it evolution anyway? It's really Elvislution! Elvislution! Elvis is everywhere Elvis is everything Elvis is everybody Elvis is still the king Man o man What I want you to see Is that the big E's Inside of you and me That's right ladies and gentlemen, The time has come! Time has come to talk To that little bit of Elvis inside of you. Talk to it! Call it up! Say "Elvis, heal me!" "Save me, Elvis!" "Make me be born again in the perfect Elvis light" That's right! You've got that Elvis inside of ya and he's talkin to ya He says he wants you to sing! Everybody's got to sing like the king! Like the king Get that leg going now Get your lip too. Not no fool Billy Idol lip either Everybody! Yeah, we're rockin now! Elvis is with us. He's with us and he's speaking to us. He says "Peoples!" "Peoples!" "Everybody!" "Everybody got to sing!" Elvis is everywhere Elvis is everything Elvis is everybody Elvis is still the king Man o man What I want you to see Is that the big E's Inside of you and me Elvis is everywhere Elvis is everything Elvis is everybody Elvis is still the king Man o man What I want you to see Is that the big E's Inside of you and me Elvis! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Join the conversation You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account. Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible. Reply to this topic... × Pasted as rich text. Paste as plain text instead Only 75 emoji are allowed. × Your link has been automatically embedded. Display as a link instead × Your previous content has been restored. Clear editor × You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL. 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Squeak 17 #10 August 17, 2006 Strangely enough I remember it very clearly, and I dont (never did) like him. I was walking from school to the local pinball joint to hang with some mates before school, I think we were going toskip 1st session to play pool. One of my mate came up and said Elvis was dead, we all went so what, but a whole bunch of girls at the school ried all day. I rememeber wondering why they were crying over a fat arse drug addict, since most of them were too young to remember him in his "hey day"You are not now, nor will you ever be, good enough to not die in this sport (Sparky) My Life ROCKS! How's yours doing? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
riddler 0 #11 August 17, 2006 I think I was like six years old. I remember my mum driving me to school in the morning and we heard it on the radio. I wasn't really old enough to be a big fan, but I remember she was pretty shocked about it.Trapped on the surface of a sphere. XKCD Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
goodnplentygirl 0 #12 August 17, 2006 who's Elvis? my body, my choice Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
masterrig 1 #13 August 17, 2006 QuoteQuoteQuote_____________________________________ Hell, I've slept since! Glad to hear of your 'recovery'! edit to add: I DO remember where I was when JFK was killed, though. Chuck You're certifiably old then! _______________________________________ Well... not old-old! I'm young at heart! Chuck Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Royd 0 #14 August 17, 2006 I was actually listening to him tonight while taking a bath. I remembered that he was only 46 yrs. old when he died, felt sad, and thought," what a waste." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites DancesWClouds 0 #15 August 17, 2006 I Killed Elvis! I was at my cabin in Lake Vermilion MN that summer with my girlfriend, Diana. Stories of his generosity had made the media for years. . . "Oh Elvis, my husband left me and I have 13 chillen'" and he'd send them a Cadillac, or "Oh Elvis, my pappy broke his foot" and he'd send them a Cadillac. So Diana and I wrote out this huge tale of woe, and decided to send it to him. . . . . . by the time the sun rose the next morning, he was a deader. It was me, and I humbly apologize for killing him. Dances Muff Brother #2169 "You can take the girl out of the sky, but not the sky out of the girl!" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites SkydiveStMarys 0 #16 August 16, 2007 *BUMP*Bobbi A miracle is not defined by an event. A miracle is defined by gratitude. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites BillyVance 34 #17 August 16, 2007 I barely remember 6 inch high headlines across the front page of the newspaper "ELVIS DEAD!" I wasn't a fan of music growing up, at least not until The Clash entered the punk rock scene. "Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites TShearer 0 #18 August 17, 2007 I was one month and one week old when he died Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites 1969912 0 #19 August 17, 2007 Outrunning the cops and fire dept. on a dirtbike after blowing up an old car out in the desert "Once we got to the point where twenty/something's needed a place on the corner that changed the oil in their cars we were doomed . . ." -NickDG Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites lisamariewillbe 1 #20 August 17, 2007 Still was getting ready to be born Gosh that was 30 years ago Sudsy Fist: i don't think i'd ever say this Sudsy Fist: but you're looking damn sudsydoable in this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Beerlight 0 #21 August 17, 2007 I was 13. I had just climbed out of a cropduster I had preflighted for the pilot, heard about it on the radio. Called my mom, and she was crying about Elvis...... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites steveorino 7 #22 August 17, 2007 Yes, I remember. I was at Camp McCall going through Phase 1 of Special Forces training. (Back then it had 3 phases: survival, MOS, & team aka Robin Sage) I remember feeling he was lucky to be out of his misery while I was being sleep deprived, starved and marched to death by some 6' 3" Sgt with strides about 48" inches long! steveOrino Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Thanatos340 1 #23 August 17, 2007 When I look out into your eyes out there, When I look out into your faces, You know what I see? I see a little bit of Elvis In each and every one of you out there. Lemme tell ya... Weeeeeeeeeellllllll... Elvis is everywhere Elvis is everything Elvis is everybody Elvis is still the king Man o man What I want you to see Is that the big E's Inside of you and me Elvis is everywhere, man! He's in everything. He's in everybody... Elvis is in your jeans. He's in your cheesburgers Elvis is in Nutty Buddies! Elvis is in your mom! He's in everybody. He's in the young, the old, the fat, the skinny, the white, the black the brown and the blue people got Elvis in 'em too Elvis is in everybody out there. Everybody's got Elvis in them! Everybody except one person that is... Yeah, one person! The evil opposite of Elvis. The Anti-Elvis Anti-Elvis got no Elvis in 'em, lemme tell ya. Michael J. Fox has no Elvis in him. And Elvis is in Joan Rivers but he's trying to get out, man! He's trying to get out! Listen up Joanie Baby! Elvis is everywhere Elvis is everything Elvis is everybody Elvis is still the king Man o man What I want you to see Is that the big E's Inside of you and me Man, there's a lot of unexplained phenomenon out there in the world. Lot of things people say What the heck's going on? Let me tell ya! Who built the pyramids? ELVIS! Who built Stonehenge? ELVIS! Yeah, man you see guys walking down the street pushing shopping carts and you think they're talking to allah, they're talking to themself. Man, no they're talking to ELVIS! ELVIS! ELVIS! You know whats going on in that Bermuda Triangle? Down in the Bermuda Traingle Elvis needs boats. Elvis needs boats. Elvis Elvis Elvis Elvis Elvis Elvis Elvis needs boats. Aahh! The Sailing Elvis! Captain Elvis! Commodore Elvis it is. Yeah man, you know people from outer space, people from outer space they come up to me. They don't look like like Doctor Spock. They don't look like Klingons, all that Star Trek jive. They look like Elvis. ELVIS! Everybody in outer space looks like Elvis. Cause Elvis is a perfect being. We are all moving in perfect peace and harmony towards Elvisness Soon all will become Elvis. Everything everywhere will be Elvis. Why do you think they call it evolution anyway? It's really Elvislution! Elvislution! Elvis is everywhere Elvis is everything Elvis is everybody Elvis is still the king Man o man What I want you to see Is that the big E's Inside of you and me That's right ladies and gentlemen, The time has come! Time has come to talk To that little bit of Elvis inside of you. Talk to it! Call it up! Say "Elvis, heal me!" "Save me, Elvis!" "Make me be born again in the perfect Elvis light" That's right! You've got that Elvis inside of ya and he's talkin to ya He says he wants you to sing! Everybody's got to sing like the king! Like the king Get that leg going now Get your lip too. Not no fool Billy Idol lip either Everybody! Yeah, we're rockin now! Elvis is with us. He's with us and he's speaking to us. He says "Peoples!" "Peoples!" "Everybody!" "Everybody got to sing!" Elvis is everywhere Elvis is everything Elvis is everybody Elvis is still the king Man o man What I want you to see Is that the big E's Inside of you and me Elvis is everywhere Elvis is everything Elvis is everybody Elvis is still the king Man o man What I want you to see Is that the big E's Inside of you and me Elvis! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Join the conversation You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account. Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible. Reply to this topic... × Pasted as rich text. Paste as plain text instead Only 75 emoji are allowed. × Your link has been automatically embedded. Display as a link instead × Your previous content has been restored. Clear editor × You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL. 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Royd 0 #14 August 17, 2006 I was actually listening to him tonight while taking a bath. I remembered that he was only 46 yrs. old when he died, felt sad, and thought," what a waste." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DancesWClouds 0 #15 August 17, 2006 I Killed Elvis! I was at my cabin in Lake Vermilion MN that summer with my girlfriend, Diana. Stories of his generosity had made the media for years. . . "Oh Elvis, my husband left me and I have 13 chillen'" and he'd send them a Cadillac, or "Oh Elvis, my pappy broke his foot" and he'd send them a Cadillac. So Diana and I wrote out this huge tale of woe, and decided to send it to him. . . . . . by the time the sun rose the next morning, he was a deader. It was me, and I humbly apologize for killing him. Dances Muff Brother #2169 "You can take the girl out of the sky, but not the sky out of the girl!" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SkydiveStMarys 0 #16 August 16, 2007 *BUMP*Bobbi A miracle is not defined by an event. A miracle is defined by gratitude. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BillyVance 34 #17 August 16, 2007 I barely remember 6 inch high headlines across the front page of the newspaper "ELVIS DEAD!" I wasn't a fan of music growing up, at least not until The Clash entered the punk rock scene. "Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TShearer 0 #18 August 17, 2007 I was one month and one week old when he died Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
1969912 0 #19 August 17, 2007 Outrunning the cops and fire dept. on a dirtbike after blowing up an old car out in the desert "Once we got to the point where twenty/something's needed a place on the corner that changed the oil in their cars we were doomed . . ." -NickDG Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lisamariewillbe 1 #20 August 17, 2007 Still was getting ready to be born Gosh that was 30 years ago Sudsy Fist: i don't think i'd ever say this Sudsy Fist: but you're looking damn sudsydoable in this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Beerlight 0 #21 August 17, 2007 I was 13. I had just climbed out of a cropduster I had preflighted for the pilot, heard about it on the radio. Called my mom, and she was crying about Elvis...... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
steveorino 7 #22 August 17, 2007 Yes, I remember. I was at Camp McCall going through Phase 1 of Special Forces training. (Back then it had 3 phases: survival, MOS, & team aka Robin Sage) I remember feeling he was lucky to be out of his misery while I was being sleep deprived, starved and marched to death by some 6' 3" Sgt with strides about 48" inches long! steveOrino Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Thanatos340 1 #23 August 17, 2007 When I look out into your eyes out there, When I look out into your faces, You know what I see? I see a little bit of Elvis In each and every one of you out there. Lemme tell ya... Weeeeeeeeeellllllll... Elvis is everywhere Elvis is everything Elvis is everybody Elvis is still the king Man o man What I want you to see Is that the big E's Inside of you and me Elvis is everywhere, man! He's in everything. He's in everybody... Elvis is in your jeans. He's in your cheesburgers Elvis is in Nutty Buddies! Elvis is in your mom! He's in everybody. He's in the young, the old, the fat, the skinny, the white, the black the brown and the blue people got Elvis in 'em too Elvis is in everybody out there. Everybody's got Elvis in them! Everybody except one person that is... Yeah, one person! The evil opposite of Elvis. The Anti-Elvis Anti-Elvis got no Elvis in 'em, lemme tell ya. Michael J. Fox has no Elvis in him. And Elvis is in Joan Rivers but he's trying to get out, man! He's trying to get out! Listen up Joanie Baby! Elvis is everywhere Elvis is everything Elvis is everybody Elvis is still the king Man o man What I want you to see Is that the big E's Inside of you and me Man, there's a lot of unexplained phenomenon out there in the world. Lot of things people say What the heck's going on? Let me tell ya! Who built the pyramids? ELVIS! Who built Stonehenge? ELVIS! Yeah, man you see guys walking down the street pushing shopping carts and you think they're talking to allah, they're talking to themself. Man, no they're talking to ELVIS! ELVIS! ELVIS! You know whats going on in that Bermuda Triangle? Down in the Bermuda Traingle Elvis needs boats. Elvis needs boats. Elvis Elvis Elvis Elvis Elvis Elvis Elvis needs boats. Aahh! The Sailing Elvis! Captain Elvis! Commodore Elvis it is. Yeah man, you know people from outer space, people from outer space they come up to me. They don't look like like Doctor Spock. They don't look like Klingons, all that Star Trek jive. They look like Elvis. ELVIS! Everybody in outer space looks like Elvis. Cause Elvis is a perfect being. We are all moving in perfect peace and harmony towards Elvisness Soon all will become Elvis. Everything everywhere will be Elvis. Why do you think they call it evolution anyway? It's really Elvislution! Elvislution! Elvis is everywhere Elvis is everything Elvis is everybody Elvis is still the king Man o man What I want you to see Is that the big E's Inside of you and me That's right ladies and gentlemen, The time has come! Time has come to talk To that little bit of Elvis inside of you. Talk to it! Call it up! Say "Elvis, heal me!" "Save me, Elvis!" "Make me be born again in the perfect Elvis light" That's right! You've got that Elvis inside of ya and he's talkin to ya He says he wants you to sing! Everybody's got to sing like the king! Like the king Get that leg going now Get your lip too. Not no fool Billy Idol lip either Everybody! Yeah, we're rockin now! Elvis is with us. He's with us and he's speaking to us. He says "Peoples!" "Peoples!" "Everybody!" "Everybody got to sing!" Elvis is everywhere Elvis is everything Elvis is everybody Elvis is still the king Man o man What I want you to see Is that the big E's Inside of you and me Elvis is everywhere Elvis is everything Elvis is everybody Elvis is still the king Man o man What I want you to see Is that the big E's Inside of you and me Elvis! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
